We’ve been here in Calgary for five months now (already!). We have been extremely busy this summer exploring our new home and getting settled into new jobs. It’s been a great summer but I can start to feel the chill in the air as fall slowly creeps in. Before too long the dark hours will out number the daylight hours and I will get to experience what a real winter is like!

I think it’s easier to be an expat when you don’t have a secure, ongoing job. We’re lucky to be tenured teachers, who can take every fourth year off (without pay, of course). But I cannot imagine giving up that job to live abroad permanently.

Travellers. Giant-Steppers. Serial Expats.

Hi! We're Gillian and Jason. In January 2013 we left our 'home and native land' for untold adventures in far away lands. Our plan is loose at best; our only goals are freedom and happiness. Follow along as we make, and tell, our stories.